Berkley Center

In the wake of the attack on Salman Rushdie, Senior Fellow Paul Elie writes for Vanity Fair about the novelist's lifelong entanglement with religious extremism and legacy as an advocate for freedom of expression. 

As part of the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) in Singapore, Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall will participate in a special presentation surrounding perspectives on social cohesion on September 6. She will join international thought leaders, religious leaders, community building practitioners, policymakers, and youth leaders from the Southeast Asia region and beyond.

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Senior Research Fellow E.J. Dionne, Jr. discusses the entanglement of religious expression, the First Amendment, and public school policies following a precedent-shattering Supreme Court case ruling back in June. The majority voted in favor of a Washington high school football coach who gathered with players in prayer after games. 

Hosted by the American Purpose, Senior Fellow Paul Elie will moderate a Zoom discussion with Richard Rodriguez on September 7 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Rodriguez's book Hunger of Memory (1982).